Ukrainian vegetable seller targeted in 'human safari' drone attack - BBC
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky released footage of a Russian drone attacking a civilian vegetable seller in Kherson. The incident is part of a broader pattern of drone strikes against civilians in frontline areas.
Why it matters
The use of drones to target civilians in conflict zones raises serious humanitarian and international law concerns regarding the conduct of the war in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has shared a video of a street vendor being hunted by a drone before it exploded.
The man in the video verified by the BBC, 52-year-old street vegetable seller Yuriy, managed to survive the attack, but sustained shrapnel wounds and a concussion.
Known by some in Ukraine as "human safari", the deployment of remotely-operated drones against civilians has often been used by Russians to terrify residents of front line areas.
This particular drone attack happened in Kherson, which sits only a few miles from the front line.
Russia has repeatedly denied intentionally targeting civilians.
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